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Antkeeper01's Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Journal (12/19/21)

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#21 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 29 2021 - 3:44 PM

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Attached File  Eggoooos.pdf   100.16KB   71 downloads finally got a pic of eggs:


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#22 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted February 4 2021 - 4:05 PM

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here is a good pic of eggs:

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#23 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted February 24 2021 - 3:20 PM

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over the past 2 days 4-5 new pupae have eclosed


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Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#24 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 17 2021 - 12:35 PM

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I know its been a long time since i've updated but they are at approximately 36 workers and here are some pics:

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1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#25 Offline Lillyrose - Posted March 17 2021 - 1:47 PM

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Wow!

Those are some really good shots!

They're getting up there:-)
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#26 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 17 2021 - 2:03 PM

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thx


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#27 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted May 31 2021 - 4:24 PM

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So a few weeks ago i was cleaning their glass and it fell and broke i had to move them out of the Fortress and into a mini-hearth, die-offs started happening my 60-70 worker P. occidentalis lost six workers, I realized that I had forgotten to fill up their water tower I filled it up die-offs stopped, so did egg production, now they have like 10 larvae and that's it, they have also been eating less usually when I dump seeds in their outworld they take them inside but lately, they have only taken a few seeds inside the nest. Is there anything I can do to get my colony growing again, is this normal, or is this terminal? :*( 


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#28 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted May 31 2021 - 4:48 PM

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So a few weeks ago i was cleaning their glass and it fell and broke i had to move them out of the Fortress and into a mini-hearth, die-offs started happening my 60-70 worker P. occidentalis lost six workers, I realized that I had forgotten to fill up their water tower I filled it up die-offs stopped, so did egg production, now they have like 10 larvae and that's it, they have also been eating less usually when I dump seeds in their outworld they take them inside but lately, they have only taken a few seeds inside the nest. Is there anything I can do to get my colony growing again, is this normal, or is this terminal? :*( 

Try giving them some fish food flakes. Mine love them.


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Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus semirufus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole californica, Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

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#29 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted May 31 2021 - 4:59 PM

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So a few weeks ago i was cleaning their glass and it fell and broke i had to move them out of the Fortress and into a mini-hearth, die-offs started happening my 60-70 worker P. occidentalis lost six workers, I realized that I had forgotten to fill up their water tower I filled it up die-offs stopped, so did egg production, now they have like 10 larvae and that's it, they have also been eating less usually when I dump seeds in their outworld they take them inside but lately, they have only taken a few seeds inside the nest. Is there anything I can do to get my colony growing again, is this normal, or is this terminal? :*( 

Try giving them some fish food flakes. Mine love them.

 

ok thanks but the thing is I don't have any fish-flakes


Edited by Antkeeper01, May 31 2021 - 5:01 PM.

1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#30 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted May 31 2021 - 5:16 PM

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Do you have any other kind of protein you could give them to help change things up a bit? Cricket? Fruit flies?


Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus semirufus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole californica, Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel. 


#31 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted May 31 2021 - 5:16 PM

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Do you have any other kind of protein you could give them to help change things up a bit? Cricket? Fruit flies?

isopods, and other ants


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Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#32 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted May 31 2021 - 5:28 PM

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Freeze one of the smaller isopods and give it to them. See if they are interested in it. My pogonomyrmex get the occasional fruit fly or two, and love them.


Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus semirufus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole californica, Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel. 


#33 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted June 9 2021 - 6:11 PM

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welp came home to all the workers sitting in the outworld and the queen sitting on the water-tower dead, i hope to find more queens of this sp in august but until then tjis journal is discontinued :*(


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Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#34 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted June 10 2021 - 7:31 AM

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welp came home to all the workers sitting in the outworld and the queen sitting on the water-tower dead, i hope to find more queens of this sp in august but until then tjis journal is discontinued :*(

Oh no! Sorry to hear that.  :(


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Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus semirufus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole californica, Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel. 


#35 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted June 10 2021 - 11:40 AM

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I shall pray for you Antkeeper01. Let nature bring you some more amazing queens!


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Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.

#36 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted September 2 2021 - 12:56 PM

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This journal needs to be revamped so... I have many, many queens of this species none have biological workers yet but I brood boosted a queen with 4 callows and some brood she has biological medium sized larvae and now 5 non-bios she is by far my fav queen of this sp so far I found this queen in Buena Vista I have like what 20 queens rn and only like 8 have died well hopefully by the next update at least one of these queens will have bios.


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#37 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted September 27 2021 - 3:13 PM

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many queens have died but one has a Nanitic!! A biological one, though it didn't eclose perfectly 2 of its legs are stuck together :blush: . And my fav queen has a pupa but they decided to disown it while I was away for the weekend but she has another pupa ready. and my other queens either have eggs and larvae or no brood at all.


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#38 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted December 19 2021 - 10:30 AM

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I have 2 queens left, both queens got a nanitic, one survived for a month the other queen decided to eclose her worker but just enough that it couldn't move


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube....kUjx-dPFMyVqOLw

 

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